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America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled by Blythe Roberson
3 reviews
mfrisk's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
An interesting read that isn’t typically something I would have picked up. The author takes us on a journey to a variety of national parks and this book reads like a journal of these adventures with a lot of facts and information about topics related to her journey. These include discussions of industrial tourism, indigenous reclamation of land use/conservation, capitalism, gatekeeping of natural spaces, and more. I thought it was a lighthearted read which touched on a lot but this wasn’t an all time favorite book to me. I will recommend it to those I know who enjoy nature and exploration though as I think they’d enjoy it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content
ritabriar's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
5.0
Delightful skim over many of the USA's national parks. Each park is beautifully described, with the premise of the book (completing the Junior Ranger requirements) (but also on a budget) neatly dictating the scope of involvement with each park. Roberson also explores the aspects of National Parks that we often don't think about before we go, including the moral and political implications of making National Parks out of stolen land.
Another side of this book is the exploration of being a woman traveling on her own, in isolated and populated places, in America today. Roberson was talking about meeting a man vs. meeting a bear in the woods before it was cool. (Was she the first? She was probably the first.) What messages does such a woman receive, before, during, and after her trip? What thoughts do these messages cause to pop into one's mind, at inopportune moments?
To the extent that the personal is political, this personal book documenting a journey from one National Park to the next and the next, etc., is also a political book.
Another side of this book is the exploration of being a woman traveling on her own, in isolated and populated places, in America today. Roberson was talking about meeting a man vs. meeting a bear in the woods before it was cool. (Was she the first? She was probably the first.) What messages does such a woman receive, before, during, and after her trip? What thoughts do these messages cause to pop into one's mind, at inopportune moments?
To the extent that the personal is political, this personal book documenting a journey from one National Park to the next and the next, etc., is also a political book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Colonisation
kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing and Sexual content
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